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Inspiron 16 7620 2-in-1 Service Manual

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the base cover.
  3. Remove the wireless card.
  4. Remove the coin-cell battery.
  5. Remove the side speakers.
  6. Remove the front speakers (4-cell battery) or front speakers (6-cell battery), whichever applicable.
  7. Remove the 4-cell battery (64 Wh) or the 6-cell battery (87 Wh), whichever applicable.
  8. Remove the fan.
  9. Remove the IO board.
  10. Remove the power-button board.
  11. Remove the power button.
  12. Remove the display assembly.
  13. Remove the display board.
  14. Remove the system board.
    NOTE: The system board can be removed with the following components attached:
    • heat sink
    • memory
    • solid-state drive

About this task

NOTE: The palm-rest and keyboard assembly comes pre-assembled with the following components, when one of these components need to replaced, replace the entire assembly.
  • palm rest
  • keyboard
  • wireless-antenna modules
  • touchpad

The following image(s) indicate the location of the palm-rest and keyboard assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

For computers with a 4-cell battery installed (64 Wh)

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

For computers with a 6-cell battery installed (87 Wh)

Removing the palm-rest and keyboard assembly

Steps

After performing the pre-requisites you are left with the palm-rest and keyboard assembly.

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